Noah Galloway is in a much better place than he was after a bomb blast took away his left arm and left leg more than four years ago. (See more about Noah Galloway on "Dancing with the Stars") The Alabaster resident has regained a lot of his strength, became accustomed to his prosthetic devices, gotten remarried, is now the... Full story »

The Shelby County Board of Education this morning approved a plan that allows Blalock Building Co. of Trussville to take over a classroom addition and renovation project at Thompson High School in Alabaster. The board took the action in a brief special called meeting because school officials anticipated that McCrory Building Co. of Birmingham would not be able to... Full story »

After 20 executions, a serene outlook Ex-warden gave all of Alabama's lethal injections By Tom Gordon News Staff Writer Sunday, March 14, 2010 MONTGOMERY - Strangers still ask Grantt Culliver if they have seen him on television. Culliver tells them, yes, he was on that MSNBC ''Lockup'' documentary series on the nation's toughest prisons. He was the warden at Holman... Full story »

First Lt. Michael Johnson, second from left, of the Alabama Army National Guard's 203rd Military Police Battalion, uses a measurement wheel to determine the size of the perimeter of one of the critical polling sites in southern Iraqi city of Basrah. The Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the Athens-based 203rd helped set up protection at polling sites in and around Basrah for today''s national... Full story »